The rhetoric of unionists opposed to the Good Friday Agreement has contributed to the problems experienced by their communities at street level in Northern Ireland, Stormont First Minister David Trimble claimed today.

The people of New York must be admired for the dignity and the determination with which they have come through the terror attacks on their city on September 11, Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan said today.

A major security operation was mounted outside schools across north Belfast today to protect teachers and pupils.

In a New Year message the North's First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan said stable government was the key.

The joint leaders of Northern Ireland’s power sharing government were today meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair for talks in Downing Street.

Catholic parents today breathed a huge sigh of relief after loyalists called off protests outside the Holy Cross primary school in north Belfast.